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The Free Library > Literature > James Fenimore Cooper > The Prairie
"The Prairie" was the third in order of Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Its first appearance was in the year 1827. The idea of the story had suggested itself to him, we are told, before he had finished its immediate forerunner, "The Last of the Mohicans." He chose entirely new scenes for it, "resolved to cross the Mississippi and wander over the desolate wastes of the remote Western prairies." He had been taking every chance that came of making a personal acquaintance with the Indian chiefs of the western tribes who were to be encountered about this period on their way in the frequent Indian embassies to Washington. "He saw much to command his admiration," says Mrs. Cooper, "in these wild braves . . . It was a matter of course that in drawing Indian character he should dwell on the better traits of the picture, rather than on the coarser and more revolting though more common points. Like West, he could see the Apollo in the young Mohawk."
When in July, 1826, Cooper landed in England with his wife and family, he carried his Indian memories and associations with him. They crossed to France, and ascended the Seine by steamboat, and then settled for a time in Paris. Of their quarters there in the Rue St. Maur, Sarah Fenimore Cooper writes:
"It was thoroughly French in character. There was a short, narrow, gloomy lane or street, shut in between lofty dwelling houses, the lane often dark, always filthy, without sidewalks, a gutter running through the centre, over which, suspended from a rope, hung a dim oil lamp or two--such was the Rue St. Maur, in the Faubourg St. Germain. It was a gloomy approach certainly. But a tall porte cochere opened, and suddenly the whole scene changed. Within those high walls, so forbidding in aspect, there lay charming gardens, gay with parterres of flowers, and shaded by noble trees, not only those belonging to the house itself, but those of other adjoining dwellings of the same character--one looked over park-like grounds covering some acres. The hotel itself, standing on the street, was old, and built on a grand scale; it had been the home of a French ducal family in the time of Louis XIV. The rooms on the two lower floors were imposing and spacious; with ceilings of great height, gilded wainscoting and various quaint little medallion pictures of shepherds and shepherdesses, and other fancies of the time of Madame de Sevigne. Those little shepherds were supposed to have looked down upon /la mere beaute/, and upon /la plus jolie fille de France/ as she danced her incomparable minuets. Those grand saloons were now devoted to the humble service of a school for young ladies. But on the third floor, to which one ascended by a fine stone stairway, broad and easy, with elaborate iron railings, there was a more simple set of rooms, comfortably furnished, where the American family were pleasantly provided for, in a home of their own. Unwilling to separate from his children, who were placed at the school, the traveller adopted this plan that he might be near them. One of the rooms, overlooking the garden, and opening on a small terrace, became his study. He was soon at work. In his writing-desk lay some chapters of a new novel. The MS. had crossed the ocean with him, though but little had been added to its pages during the wanderings of the English and French journeys."
When, some months later, the story appeared, its effect was immediate on both sides the Atlantic. It is worth note that during his French visit Cooper met Sir Walter Scott. Cooper was born at Burlington, New Jersey, 15th Sept., 1789, and died at Cooperstown, New York (which took its name from his father), 14th Sept., 1851.
The following is his literary record:
Precaution, 1820; The Spy, 1821; The Pioneers, 1823; The Pilot, 1823; Lionel Lincoln, or the Leaguer of Boston, 1825; The Last of the Mohicans, 1826; The Prairie, 1827; The Red Rover, 1828; Notions of the Americans, 1828; The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, 1829; The Water-witch,
1830; The Bravo, 1831; The Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines, 1832; The Headsman, 1833; A Letter to his Countrymen, 1834; The Monikins, 1835; Sketches of Switzerland, 1836; Gleanings in Europe: 1837; (England)
1837; (Italy) 1838; The American Democrat, 1838; Homeward Bound, 1838; The Chronicles of Cooperstown, 1838; Home as Found (Eve Effingham),
1839; History of the U. S. Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs. Burges, Duer and Mackenzie, 1843; The French Governess; or, The Embroidered Handkerchief, 1843; Richard Dale, 1843; Wyandotte, 1843; Ned Myers, or Life before the Mast, 1843; Afloat and Ashore (Miles Wallingford, Lucy Hardinge), two series, 1844; Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, etc., 1844; Santanstoe, 1845; The Chainbearer, 1846; Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers,
1846; The Red Skins, 1846; The Crater (Marks Reef), 1847; Captain Spike, or the Islets of the Gulf, 1848; Jack Tier, or the Florida Reefs, 1848; The Oak Openings, or the Bee-Hunter, 1848; The Sea Lions,
1849; The Ways of the Hour, 1850.
Ernest Rhys 1907

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The return of the drummer
The old man finished his lunch and stared out for a while out through the wide window of the paladar. It was just about noon and the restaurant was at this time of the day only half full. . Salsa music played at a reasonable noise level, from a radio with tinny speakers, on a nearby shelf. He drank the little coffee left in the cup and lit a cigar. The cigar was a new habit. How and when he had picked up the habit he was not entirely sure. It was sufficient nevertheless that the object fitted the environment. Did he arrive here in Havana the previous day? Two days ago? Three days ago? He could never really remember. He was constantly in transit. Next week he could be in Brasilia, or Caracas, or even back home. He puffed gently on the cigar. It was an expensive cigar, illegal in the country from where he had just recently transited. Again puffed on the cigar; the activity seemed to relax him.
The old man finally got up from the rattan chair of the paladar; he left money on the table as payment for the food and leisurely strolled out into the street. He wasn't sure how much money he put on the table, but it certainly was more than he was required to pay
Gracias Señor, the proprietor said; but the old man was not listening. He had more urgent missions. His brown suit was dusty, as was his black brogue shoes. He took a glance at his reflection from a wide glass front of a shop. He definitely was remarkably much stronger than his physical appearance suggested. How old was he really? The old man was never one for paying attention to how good he looked. Where was he staying? His hotel was probably somewhere around the corner or hundreds of yards away. Just like the matter of his itinerary and his age, this also was not at this time important. The old man loved to roam. He paused for a while to read a colourful poster which advertised the annual Fiesta del Tambor, or Drum Party. He nodded appreciatively; he definitely had come here at the right time of the year. The old man loved happy dance and drum parties.
In the street, all around him, the buildings were crumbling, succumbing to the harshness of salt in the humid air, the temperamental weather, and to overpopulation. This was not a local problem, he knew it was the curse of the entire country. The dilapidated pastel buildings stood alongside vintage cars dating back to the 50s. Compared to the glitz of Miami where he had just left; he felt like he was in a time-warp. Not that this was a disconcerting feeling, because he was a veteran time traveller and he was used to time warps.
; Here on the street of Havana Vieja, he was a yuma, a foreigner as everyone who saw him would instantly know because of his complexion. He was black but not in the local lustre as in these parts. Nevertheless he had walked this particular street before, last night maybe, last year maybe; again he couldn't be very sure. Or was it maybe because it looked so representative of all the other cramped quarters in the city, from where one could frequently hear the welcoming noises of the tamboreros , skilful drummers playing their sacred instruments in Yoruba Santería ceremonies. . Here, in these parts, the energy was real and for the old man the energy was infectious.
The music which emanated from the many dwellings in these parts and indeed all over the island, told a story of the mixed heritage and cultures especially the African and the Spanish elements. The African influence, most notable in the percussion, came from Yoruba slaves brought to the island several centuries before. Drums, presided over all the religious ceremonies in these parts. They were the mediums through which the syncretised Santería religion , summoned the Orisa, the manifestations of the supreme divinity. But the old man was not here for religion. In the place where he came from, he was religion.
In a house along the street, a tambor, a ceremonial gig was in progress. The old man was drawn by the unmistakable voice of the Bata drums: whether he heard the drums played in America as part of jazz ensemble, or for Samba in Brazil, or for Salsa in Cuba, or as ritual music in the native Yoruba enclaves of West Africa . Here in the street of Havana where he was presently roaming, the voice of the Bata drums was as ever unmistakable and arresting. The Bata drums were one of his favourite drums.
The door was open. The old man stood in the doorway for a while quietly observing. As he resolutely stepped inside, his presence froze all activities into silence. This was not merely because he was an uninvited intruder; but more because they could sense a presence that was nearly unmistakably divine.
'Can I play for a while?' he asked one of the tamboreros, in fluent Spanish. The person recognised this as a demand rather than a request.
The old man took off his jacket, carefully folded and placed it on the floor. Then he sat in a chair and cradled the big drum given to him lengthwise in his laps. He struck both of the covered ends hard .one with his open palm of his hand. The other with a strip of hard leather, testing the timbre. He loved the way the drum responded and he gleefully nodded his head. Then he began to play. The other tamberos watched stupefied for many minutes. Never had they seen the drum played with such dexterity, never had they heard the voice and parables of the Bata drum come so clear and so complex. Then one by one they joined with their own drums. The dancing was fast and furious; each dancer thoroughly soaked in a mysterious ambient spirit. The old man played for nearly an hour before stopping.
He stood, gave the drum back to his benefactor, wore his jacket and bowed to the entire audience, like a maestro at the conclusion of an astounding stage performance. Then the old man stepped out of the house, ignoring the loud ovation behind him.
'Padre, where are you from; what is your name?', one yelled after him.
The old man paused; but only for a few moments.
Mi nombre es Ayangalu. My name is Ayangalu', he replied without looking back, continuing his journey, faster away along the road.
The entire gathering came out into the street to watch him go. Faster and faster the old man walked each step he took like the thudding sound of the Bata drum. Faster and faster he walked, until he seemed at last to dissolve away into the ocean of Havana's topsy-turvy urban landscape.
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Speaker 1: What is the next up and coming area to invest in, in a GTA? Well, if you as Ben Meyers in this article here that he wrote in Buzz Buzz Home the answer is Hamilton. And Ben is not alone, more and more people are talking about Hamilton. The city's getting a lot more buzz and momentum lately when it comes specifically to condo developments in the downtown core of Hamilton.
So, he makes an analogy in this article with the downtown east side of Toronto, how that was sort of the up and coming area about 10 years ago. And more recently in the past few years the city of Vaughn, and specifically around the new Vaughn subway station. And now, he's saying more and more developers are looking at Hamilton as sort of the next area of the GTA that's ripe for investment and condo development specifically.
So, this is an interesting trend that we're certainly going to watch over 2018. Ben's saying that 2018 this is sort of the year of Hamilton as it were. And I'm certainly in agreement with that so far, we'll see how this year plays out, but there's some very exciting things happening in Hamilton. You'll be hearing more about that from me in these videos and my podcasts in the months to come. So, keep your eyes on Hamilton and don't sleep on Hamilton if you're looking for an up and coming area to invest in, then certainly consider Hamilton to be it for 2018.
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Cover Classics: 'Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone'
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Cover Classics takes a closer look at all-cover albums of the past, their genesis, and their legacy.
Nina Simone, the "High Priestess of Soul," had a storied career, producing over 40 albums throughout her life. She gained popularity with her original music as well as through reinventions of standards (including a Hall and Oates tune later in her career). She was formally trained on the piano from a young age, and although she never reached her dream of being the first African-American classical pianist, she did become the first African-American woman to play piano at Carnegie Hall (even if she wasn't playing classical tunes). Simone went to Julliard, but she was denied entrance to the Curtis Institute of Music, which she suspected was due to her race. She had the last laugh, though; a couple of days before she died, she was awarded an honorary degree by this institute.
Simone was active in the civil rights movement (she even performed at the Selma march), and she wasn't afraid to speak (or sing) her mind despite how this affected her career. She was more in the Malcolm X school of thought (and was his literal neighbor) than in Martin Luther King Jr.'s, but King's death still affected her and led to a tribute song.
Simone's accolades are many. She has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame, and her legacy lives on. Her songs remain in the public ear, including being sampled in modern hip-hop and rap songs by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Timbaland, and Lil' Wayne, among others.
To coincide with the release of the original Netflix documentary about her life, What Happened, Miss Simone?, in 2015 this tribute album was released with liner notes by Angela Davis. Let's listen to some reinterpretations of some of her most iconic songs.
Cover Classics, Feature Tagged with: Alice Smith, Common, Lalah Hathaway, Lauryn Hill, Lisa Simone, Mary J. Blige, Nina Simone


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Richard V. Merritt [U.S. Marshals Service]
DEKALB COUNTY, GA — The U.S. Marshals Service is asking for the public's help in locating Richard V. Merritt, a disbarred attorney who is on the run after allegedly murdering his mother.
According to authorities, Merritt, 44, had been convicted of theft and elder abuse and was supposed to report on February 1 to begin serving a 30-year prison sentence. Instead, it's reported that Merritt cut off his ankle monitor and went missing. He has been on the lam ever since.
The following day, police discovered that Merritt's elderly mother had been "violently" stabbed to death in her Stone Mountain home. Merritt's car was parked at the scene, but his mother's vehicle was gone.
Merritt is believed to be driving a 2009 silver Lexus RX350, with a Georgia license plate reading CBV 6004. He may also be headed to Texas.
The U.S. Marshals Service further warns that the public should not approach Merritt, as he is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Anyone who spots Merritt is asked to call the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force at (770) 508-2500. Any and all other tip information may also be called in to the U.S. Marshals at 1 (877) Wanted-2 (1-877-926-8332) or emailed to: usms.wanted@usdoj.gov.
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This renowned, seafront ECO hotel is situated in Polis, northwestern Cyprus, in a stunning location, right on an extended beach at the centre of the bay with clear, warm waters. The hotel, surrounded by beautiful Mediterranean orchards and gardens with recent renovations, is 45 minutes drive from Pafos International Airport and 35 minutes from Pafos town.
The family run Natura Hotel and Villas is a truly unique holiday retreat, the right place for relaxation, offering space and tranquility. Sitting by the pool or basking in the sun on the spacious lawn under the palm trees will be hard to resist.
This nature lovers resort is also very popular for active holidays. By Walkers and Cyclists due to its proximity to the scenic Akamas nature reserve, a beautiful peninsula with several walking and cycling trails. By Botanists, the gardens and plantations of the Natura are ideal for study. By Birdwatchers, the resort is situated on a main migrating bird route. By Turtle lovers, the beach of Natura is also a turtle nesting area. By Anglers, for fishing in the sea or the nearby dams. By joggers who find the lawn corridors of Natura as well as its long beach the right place for exercise. By swimmers and snorkelers enjoying the sea of Natura Beach.
The Natura is also the ideal place for children as they find their paradise playing and running freely on the large lawns.
The Natura is the right place for weddings. The extensive lawns overlooking the Mediterranean with spectacular sunsets are ideal for romantic wedding ceremonies and receptions.
The Natura Beach is a Padi Gold Palm Resort in association with a nearby Water Sports centre, offering among other things instruction in scuba diving at all levels. An unforgettable experience is also a boat ride along the Akamas peninsula coastline with a swim in the blue lagoon of Fontana Amoroza area.
Away from the noisy traffic and the activity of the town, the resort is at the same time only 20-minute walk from the tavernas, bars and cafes of Polis centre and its picturesque pedestrian square. The very high number of our repeat guests at Natura attest that we are offering the right ambience for peaceful and relaxing holiday close to nature.
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The Natura Restaurant offers a wide variety of traditional Cypriot and Mediterranean dishes making extensive use of locally grown products including a wide variety of hotel grown vegetables. The abundant buffet breakfast has been designated as 'Cyprus breakfast' with Natura products such as halloumi cheese, orange ,fig and other marmalades, honey and olives, fresh orange juice, free range eggs, aromatic herb teas, homemade sesame bread. The set menu for evening meals often has vegetarian choices or salads bars, barbecues and buffets while freshly made desserts complete the meals. The diverse a la carte menu, also with vegetarian dishes, is another alternative for lunch or dinner.


A number of years ago, I went to visit my 96-year-old grandmother in her rest home. She was always upbeat and full of joy when I visited. As we were looking through her box of faux jewelry, we came upon the pearls of her long lost love, Lesley.
She told me she had fallen madly in love with a young man named Lesley when she was 19. They wanted to get married, and Lesley gave her a necklace of pearls to show her how much he loved her. Her father (my great grandfather) absolutely forbade her to marry him or to see him again, and she cried and cried over losing the love of her life.
She told me that when she was 21, she heard that Lesley had had an attack of appendicitis and had been taken to the hospital. She begged her father to let her go to him in the hospital, but he would not let her go. A few days later, Lesley died. She said she was so heartbroken that she did not think that she would ever be able to survive the emotional pain. She remembered going to Lesley's grave and standing there in shock, cheeks swollen from crying so hard. She said she wondered then how long she would have to go on living on this planet without her true love.
At that moment, I realized that it had been seventy-five years since her true love had passed away, and she was still wondering how long she would have to keep surviving without him. In those seventy-five years, she married my grandfather, had four babies and buried one, loved all of her grandchildren and buried one, and met all of her great-grandchildren. She outlived her husband, her parents, her brother, and her friends, and there she sat, in a lonely retirement home, remembering Lesley.
For seventy-five years she held onto those pearls just to remember him. Seventy-five years is a long time, but to her it seemed like it was just yesterday when she had touched the pearls for the first time.
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President Obama passed through Venice yesterday stopping for a surprise visit to state Senator Ted Lieu's campaign office on Lincoln Blvd. and Vernon.
While en route to a fundraiser bash at Gwyneth Paltrow's home in Brentwood, the motorcade stopped traffic from Rose to Lake as Obama stepped out of his SUV, waved to a small gathering of local spectators in front of the Fox Mall, and stepped inside to quickly visit Lieu, who is running for Congress in the Nov. 4 election, and to thank the campaign volunteers.
During his visit to L.A., Obama hailed the "millennial" generation as a driving force behind the country's economic recovery. He visited Santa Monica's Cross Campus, a shared workspace for creative professionals and budding entrepreneurs on Colorado Ave, and took part in a roundtable discussion where about 100 local tech professionals were invited to attend.
"I know that there's a few of us here who are only young at heart, but a lot of you are part of the millennial generation that's going to change how we do things," Obama said after touring Cross Campus, according to NBC LA.
"Today more of our young people are earning a college degree than ever before," he said. "More and more children of low-income parents are enrolling in college and earning their shot at the American Dream.
"Along with higher education levels, millennials have a lower gender pay gap than other generations, and we're working to close that gap even further. And what we're seeing here is the way that technology is changing not just how you do business, not just how you buy products, but also how you interact, how you organize politically, how you get involved in the community and how you solve problems.


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SiriusXM's 'White in America' Gives Voice to Other Side of Racism Debate
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SiriusXM's Urban View gives White America the chance to express their views on race relations and the Black community (Photo Credit: Ilya Savenok for SiriusXM).
The Other Side of the Race Debate
Everyday in America seems like another reminder that Americans do not live in a post racial society.
From the murders of the Charleston Nine, to the burning of Black churches throughout the South to Thursday's decision in South Carolina to take down the Confederate flag, the race debate has become a constant topic.
Very seldom do Black media organizations dedicate a program to the White perspective on race, but SiriusXM Urban View, which features conversations from a Black perspective, did just that with their recent "White in America" episode, an all-White roundtable discussion hosted by Karen Hunter.
"With the recent violent events taking place across the country including the massacre at the Charleston, South Carolina church, police brutality, racial profiling and shootings, SiriusXM host Karen Hunter discussed White privilege, what it means to 'be White,' racism in America's police systems and, why Blacks and Whites see the exact same event so differently," according to a press release.
Host of the conservative radio channel SiriusXM Patriot Andrew Wilkow stated America does not have a race problem to the extent that it did 50 years ago. But also noted that it is impossible for everyone in a particular society to love everyone else.
"I think divisions are always there in every society," Wilkow said. "I don't think there's a society that has done a better job than the United States. Nothing is perfect."
However, anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise believes White people need to stop taking pride in the fact that racism is getting better and realize that there is a race problem.
Wise said, "I'm always astounded as a White person when White folks use progress relative to a hundred years ago or 50 years ago as some touchstone for something important. Like, you know, the idea that 'well, we're better than we were.' Well, 50 years ago they would have said, 'we're better than we were 100 years ago.' And a hundred years ago they would have said, 'we're better than we were 200 years ago.'
"At some point it's like Malcolm X said, 'you put a dagger in my heart 12 inches and you pull it out six inches. Don't tell me that's progress.' Let's be honest, we don't have a race problem. We have a White problem."
Jewish investment banker and finance attorney Boris Epshteyn spoke on the notion of White privilege.
Epshteyn stated that there is a difference between the ways Blacks are treated in comparison to immigrants who have a lighter hue.
However, he would not say whether the different ethnic groups were treated better or worse than their counterparts.
He did state there are support systems in place for immigrants and Blacks and that many Jewish organizations provided those support systems for his community.
SiriusXM's "White in America" special aired on July 7 and July 8.
"White in America" will also re-air July 11 at 4:00 pm ET and July 12 at 10:00 am ET on SiriusXM Urban View.
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Against the backdrop of a white, translucent canvas, the legendary hero Shi Gandang of Taishan Mountain fought an evil wolf with a spear. The music made by gong and drum and the dazzling kung fu captivated the audience.
This was the Mount Taishan shadow play, performed by folk artist Fan Zheng'an on Friday at the Fifth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo which is being held at Jinan, Shandong province till Sep 17.
As the performance went on, many people journeyed backstage to see the performers, but they were surprised to find Fan was the only performer. He controlled the puppets, sang and played musical instruments at the same time, all by himself.
From Tai'an, Shandong province, the 75-year-old said he started performing the Mount Taishan shadow play at the age of 8. UNESCO certified the shadow play as a world-class intangible cultural heritage in 2011, he said.


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Letter from the Editor: The best-laid plans of colleges to get through COVID rest on the impulse control of 20-year-olds
Updated Sep 03, 2020; Posted Sep 03, 2020
Students move in to West Quad dormitory on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
By John Hiner | jhiner@mlive.com
Of the 100 top memories of my college experience, I would say roughly zero involve academics.
Except maybe finishing the footnotes in my final paper so I could join the guys for a pickup football game in the quad the last day of my senior year.
And that is why I watch with concern as colleges and universities across Michigan try different approaches to launching the school year with some sense of normalcy against the backdrop of COVID.
Some, like the University of Michigan, brought students back to campus with a mix of in-person and virtual learning. Some, like Michigan State University, invited students back to campus and then, after seeing outbreaks of the virus at other major universities, sent most of them home and switched to online-only classes.
These bastions of learning are themselves learning something this fall.
First, COVID spreads when people are in close quarters, especially indoors, and it will happily jump into a new host when given the opportunity. And, that humans are unpredictable … especially 18- to 22-year-olds, who by nature are impulsive creatures seeking social stimulation and new experiences.
We've already seen how that can trump the best-laid plans by a college for sanitization, enhanced distancing and choreographed classroom arrangements.
"When we're talking about how one toga party can throw off the entire COVID-19 response at a university … personal responsibility is going to be a huge part of what keeps students on campus or that forces them off campus," said Riley Murdock, an MLive reporter for The Saginaw News who has been covering a bumpy reopening to the school year for Central Michigan University.
CMU opened its school year with fanfare, including social media depictions of President Bob Davies playing cornhole with students during welcome weekend. Within a week, CMU had become a COVID hotspot, and Davies apologized for the impressions left by socializing with students. Confirmed cases related to the return of students to CMU have topped 200.
How this fall and winter play out on campuses "really depends on whether or not students are willing to step up and actually do things the way that will keep each other safe," Murdock said.
After high-profile outbreaks at colleges across the country, perhaps the students are getting the message. Steve Marowski, an MLive reporter for The Ann Arbor News, has covered the reopening of the University of Michigan, including spending time roaming campus last Friday night to see how students were acting.
"I saw that almost everybody walking around on campus and at those houses was wearing masks. It doesn't mean those large parties didn't happen, but it wasn't something we saw," Marowski said. "It was encouraging, and a little bit different than what a normal Friday night at U of M might be."
Still, it's going to be an ongoing battle for self-restraint among students and vigilance by colleges as the fall turns to winter. That was illustrated by what Marowski had to report on when he returned to work on Monday: Adrian College, my alma mater, reported that 6 percent of its students and staff have tested positive for COVID.
This came about 10 days after Adrian reopened with in-person learning, and a pledge by the college to play all fall sports. The school said it is modifying approaches for the next two weeks to control the outbreaks, but intends to resume normal operations as soon as possible.
The problem is, COVID has upended "normal," and humans remain the X factor. Murdock noted that students gathering, despite what they know about the virus and what is at stake, may dictate what colleges and universities can and can't do more than any administrative protocols.
"That reaction is kind of a microcosm of how we, at least in America, have been treating the pandemic," he said. "We do what we're supposed to be doing in terms of precautions, and then we just kind of get sick of it. And then who knows what we do from there."
To hear more of my conversation with Marowski and Murdock about the challenges colleges and universities are facing because of COVID, click the play button below for this week's Behind the Headlines podcast.


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Pompeo says U.S. will no longer waive sanctions on Fordow facility
TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. will no longer waive sanctions related to Iran's Fordow nuclear plant after Tehran resumed uranium enrichment at the site more than a year after Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement.
"The right amount of uranium enrichment for the world's largest state sponsor of terror is zero ... There is no legitimate reason for Iran to resume enrichment at this previously clandestine site," Reuters quoted Pompeo as saying.
Earlier this month, Iran started to inject uranium gas into centrifuges at the Fordow nuclear facility under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog, officially going on with the fourth step since it began responding to Washington's abandonment of the nuclear deal and an inaction by the remaining parties, including Europeans, to shield Iran from sanctions.
Iran took the first step to scale down nuclear commitments on May 8. The other two steps were taken two months later each.
In the first step, Iran removed cap on its stockpile of nuclear enrichment which had been limited to 300 kilograms. In the second, Iran started enriching uranium beyond 3.67 percent. And in the third, Iran removed ban on nuclear research and development.
Pompeo also called on Iran to end violence against protesters.
"We condemn strongly any acts of violence committed by this regime against the Iranian people and are deeply concerned by reports of several fatalities," he said.
It came days after the U.S. secretary of state voiced his support for Iranian protesters, right after he insisted "continued pressure" on Iran, which includes economic sanctions targeting the Iranian people.
"As I said to the people of Iran almost a year and a half ago: The United States is with you," Pompeo said in his Twitter account on Saturday, retweeting a Persian-language tweet he sent out in July 2018 that attacked the Islamic Republic's policies.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that the Iranian people condemn Pompeo's support for rioters.
"Actions being taken by a number of rioters and saboteurs who are supported by someone like him [Pompeo] have nothing to do with the insightful Iranian people," Mousavi said.
Protests erupted in some cities in Iran against the government's measure in rationing gasoline and substantially increasing gasoline price. The protests have turned violent with reports of clashes between security forces and certain elements vandalizing public property.
MH/PA
Zarif calls U.S. claim of support for Iranians 'shameful lie'
Europe should account for violating commitments rather than defending rioters: Iran
Foreign Ministry: Iranians condemn Pompeo's support for rioters
Sanctions on Fordow is a blow to nuclear deal: Russian CENESS director
Today's war is 'battle of wills', Rouhani says
Fordow facility
Iranian football teams stand against AFC's decision
2nd Algorithmic Trading Competition in Iran's Capital Market kicks off
The U.S. now: Widespread thuggery


From more than 1,000 years before the time of Christ until 1883 C.E., cannabis hemp—indeed, marijuana—was our planet's largest agricultural crop and most important industry involving thousands of products and enterprises; producing the overall majority of Earth's fiber, fabric, lighting oil, paper, incense, and medicines. In addition, it was a primary source of essential food oil and protein for humans and animals.
And according to virtually every anthropologist and university in the world, marijuana was also used in most of our religions and cults as one of the seven, or so, most widely used mood-, mind-, or pain-altering drugs taken as psychotropic, psychedelic (mind-manifesting or -expanding) sacraments.


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USA.com / Michigan / Wayne County / Dearborn Heights, MI / 48125
48125 zip code is located in southeast Michigan. 48125 zip code is part of Wayne County. 48125 zip code has 4.05 square miles of land area and 0.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total 48125 zip code population is 20,056, which has shrunk 11.44% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of -0.50% and is much lower than the national average rate of 11.61%. 48125 zip code median household income is $47,146 in 2010-2014 and has grown by 2.11% since 2000. The income growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 9.90% and is much lower than the national average rate of 27.36%. 48125 zip code median house value is $64,800 in 2010-2014 and has grown by -26.45% since 2000. The house value growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 3.98% and is much lower than the national average rate of 46.91%. As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%. On average, the public school district that covers 48125 zip code is worse than the state average in quality. The 48125 zip code area code is 313.
Population 20,056 (2010-2014), rank #194
Population Growth -11.44% since 2000, rank #784
Population Density: 4,951.74/sq mi, rank #29
Median Household Income: $47,146 at 2010-2014—2.11% increase since 2000, see rank
Median House Price: $64,800 at 2010-2014—-26.45% increase since 2000, see rank
Time Zone: Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area: 4.05 sq mi, rank #882
State: Michigan
Area: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
County: Wayne County
City: Dearborn Heights
School District: , rank #1026
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48125 Zip Code Map, Border, and Nearby Locations
Dearborn Heights, MI
Detroit, Warren, Livonia Area


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Laura Hogensen
The 2020 Democratic Primary Begins
1) Kamala Harris
The media is ready to jump-start the 2020 campaign tonight by featuring a CNN town hall with Kamala Harris. The Senator from California entered the race with a bold launch, raising $1.5 million in the first 24 hours. As an African American/Asian woman, she has a unique appeal to multiple groups. Since California is an early primary state, Kamala Harris has a strong path toward becoming a front-runner.
2) The Women's Vote
The women's protest and movement against President Trump has undoubtedly inspired many women to seek higher office. For the first time in U.S. history, there will be more than one major female candidate running for office in a presidential primary. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Kirsten Gillibrand are all high-profile Senators who will make the first debate more diverse than before.
3) The Biden Factor
A big question for the 2020 Democratic primary is: Will Joe Biden run? In 2016 he took a pass due to the seemingly inevitability of Hillary Clinton, but many believe that he would have easily defeated Donald Trump. However, his 1988 and 2008 campaigns were lackluster, and Joe Biden would be 77 on Election Day 2020.
4) Elizabeth vs. Bernie
Ever since his surprisingly strong performance in 2016, Bernie Sanders has been considered the next frontrunner for the party's left. But Elizabeth Warren is actively appealing to his base with strong arguments against inequality and detailed plans to tax the wealthy. Sanders' entry in the race could decide who will be the Democratic Party's "true leftist."
"Why I Chose HSG Campaigns"
"Running for office is a lot of work, and there is a lot of negativity you will have to face. Eric and his team are up for the challenge if you are. I can tell you from experience that they will work hard, organize quickly, and will collaborate closely with you. I cannot recommend them enough."
— Keri Kropke, Board Member, Brea Olinda Unified School District
This week Mike is recommending "The World Until Yesterday." by Jared Diamond.
"The advances in technology have happened so quickly that we forget that it was 'only yesterday' that we all lived in traditional societies. These cultures had radically different practices on how they raised children, cared for the elderly, resolved conflicts, and more. Jared Diamond doesn't glorify the past or champion the present; instead he explains valuable lessons that we can learn from traditional societies."
- Mike
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My New Year's wish from N3V Games would be for them to create TANE specific pages only as a separate section in the DevWiki with all the NEW tags and other things new to TANE etc. compared to TS12 or older Trainz versions listed there. Explaining in detail what each tag does, how to configure this proper and hopefully with an example of the config.txt file with that specific tag in it configured proper. As now one needs first to know the tag, search for it (more often than not it is TBA) and give up. What we CCs need is nice, clear, concise pages which get periodically updated by N3V Games to see what is new for TANE as they iron out bugs or introduce new "features".
Plus ANYTHING relevant for Content Creating for TANE only on these pages as just by saying "Just create for TS12 and all will be right for TANE when importing into TANE". As we all know this is not true as there are still errors to be shown and heaps of warnings of TS12 specific content, when imported into TANE. How about it N3V Games?
What do other content creators think of this idea?
I hope this is not wishful dreaming?
Something along these lines would make my new year much more productive in my CC activities.
While we're waiting, isn't a WIKI a place where everyone and anyone can contribute? Sure it would be nice if N3V put it all up like the CCG of old. That was then, this is now and now it is a distributed model of information sharing that is the fashion and not the old top down model.
Very well for us to contribute BUT we need to know what is NEW FIRST, how else could we do this then?
I think us CCs just have to muddle along with our eyes closed as before as sure as a dalmatian (dog) can not change its spots, so can not N3V Games (by seeing what is/was happening in the past).
The distributed model is fine if the information is distributed in the first place. Chris's Google docs were a step in the right direction but I'm concerned that the momentum to keep producing these might have been lost- where is the doc for interlocking towers, for example? Would be good to see more new technical docs devoted to any new features appearing in the New Year.
Sadly, I have to agree with you both. Back in the day, many of the "hidden" features were simple enough that many of the more clever creators were able to figure them out and share those discoveries with the rest of us mere mortals. Having seen some of the latest offerings, for example the procedural tracks, I was able to muddle through and made a set of my own but I'm sure I made some off the mark guesses on some values. It "works" but the down the track consequences are not known without some insight into the behind the scenes processes. Before I lead unsuspecting people astray with my guesses I would want to fully understand the process and that can only come from those who designed it.
I think we need more than just, this is the value. We need to know why it is that value, what happens if a different value is used and how much can it be different before bad things happen.
I've said it a few times now but AssetX will show the tags available for a particular kind and there is a hot link to take you to the specific tag in the WiKi pages for information. But if you don't use AssetX then you can just keep bookmarks to the main Kind page (http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Category:Asset_KIND) and the Containers page (http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Category:Config_Container). Both of these are good starting points for drilling down into the detail. AssetX hasn't been fully updated for T:ANE.
Chris (windwalkr) has said that the WiKi pages should reflect the current release of Trainz which obviously makes it difficult for those supporting older version assets.
One of my Trainz activities is updating WiKi pages when I have new information that is not in the relevant WiKI page. I'll admit I haven't done much of that lately.
It seems to me that the WiKi pages, those for content creators, are in two parts. There are the detailed pages such as the Kind and container pages, and then there are the "How To" pages. The How To pages can be difficult to write because the topic can get very complex. For example, writing a How To on building a loco, such as VinnyBarb's diesels, could be the size of a small book!
It's also worthwhile occasionally checking the Special Pages and then both New Pages and Recent Changes. Chris and other N3V staff often update these pages.
I also started this page (http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Repairing_assets_for_T:ANE) on repairing assets for T:ANE but, currently, there is no link to it. Perhaps, with the release of SP1, this might be a good time to include a link within the main content creation page (http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Content_Creation). I'm happy to update the "repair page" if there are missing errors and solutions.
I salute you my friend, we would all be poorer without the efforts of people like you.
I also salute you Paul for the work you do in the DevWiki but here is the rub. Not everyone uses AssetX, to me this is just another instance to "hopefully" find what one is looking for. ALL the info for TANE should be centralized and up to date and easily to be found in the DevWiki but there again, search lets one down in the DevWiki. How many times have I searched for something, say as an example "auto numbering" or such, which is not exactly the search term needed to find but as used time and time again in the CC forum for numbering locomotives and rolling stock and will not be found there but only what is listed under "locomotive numbering" or such (example only but you get the idea). There are many examples like that in the DevWiki.
Also, the case with Chris's Google docs, this smacks of "elitist" or "privileged" only, to look these up, one needs first to be registered to the "Dev Forum", then registered with Google (Gmail I think) etc., to get the links off Chris and peruse them. Why not the generic, run of the mill Content Creator, who would like to know all this too? Why should he/she be locked out of discussions of improving TANE and for assessing these Google docs too (unless this has changed in the meantime but not when I looked these up last)? Why split this from the main look up pages for Content Creating, which the DevWiki is meant to be?
And so on, I always said, AURAN then, now N3V Games, know how the game is coded, hence what needs to be done to create for it. Without getting this knowledge from them, we CCs are tapping around blind mice and TANE is the poorer for that. Just while I think of it, another example is the water in TANE, N3V knows how this works with ripples etc., why not share this "secret" with us CCs, so some of us can create realistic river flow, water falls, whatever is connected with water, where water flows higher over rocks in the water, has eddies and swirls, is slow on the river edge, faster flowing towards the middle etc., in other words REALISTIC. This should not be a "trade" secret as other developers like Dungeon Siege, Skyrim, Dragon Age etc. produced realist water flow and I mean VERY REALISTIC WATER some several years ago, not that woeful attempt we see currently in TANE.
Will wait with baited breath for an answer from the powers that be but I can only hold my breath for so long. Over to you N3V.
This topic seems to come up from time to time and unfortunately the answer is the same as always- we take it as part of our job to provide the basic information required for each new system and the new tags that we expect people to use, but we don't have the manpower to write large guides, especially where such guides delve into non-Trainz subjects such as the use of 3DS Max or etc.
The google docs are definitely "privileged" in the sense that you guys are the only ones with access to them. They're not written with the intent of distribution but are instead for internal use in developing the systems. We may or may not ever distribute them, depending on whether we think the value they represent outweighs the complexity of reading them. We will definitely excerpt the relevant user-facing portions of these documents into the wiki when the product is released.
I will add my thanks to those users who help expand the wiki. It's a large job, and mostly thankless compared to other aspects of content creation.
How hard is it to type in an entry into the DevWiki from your side for a particular tag with some relevant configuration etc. and repeat that several days later for another tag and so on. Over a given time we CCs would get to know all of what we need to know and can get on with good, correct and proper Content Creating. Hence it is a very poor excuse to state about not "enough manpower" or whatever.
Why "privileged"? Do you think we Content Creators are morons, can not think and reason and hence can not handle these? You might be surprised that some of us think "outside the square" and can make improvements etc. of what can be done with Content Creating and have done so in the past. You really have a very low opinion of us Content Creators. Isn't it more sensible, the more we Content Creators know of your so called statement: "The google docs are definitely "privileged" in the sense that you guys are the only ones with access to them. They're not written with the intent of distribution but are instead for internal use in developing the systems. We may or may not ever distribute them, depending on whether we think the value they represent outweighs the complexity of reading them. (<---hahaha, that really takes the cake). We will definitely excerpt the relevant user-facing portions <---(hahaha, some more,whatever that gobbledygook means) of these documents into the wiki when the product is released", we Content Creators can collectively input more remedies, solution and fixes to some of the issues ailing TANE.
So will I BUT ULTIMATELY as stated OVER AND OVER by us CCs, you guys code the game, you guys know what is needed to implement proper and correct Content Creating for TANE, hence it is YOUR OBLIGATION to let us mere mortals know what and how to do this which in the end benefits all. You, N3V Games and the many potential buyers of TANE with better content and better creating by us CCs, which as I see it is so far SADLY MISSING for TANE.
Isn't this what we all want?
How hard is it to type in an entry into the DevWiki from your side for a particular tag with some relevant configuration etc. and repeat that several days later for another tag and so on.
Not hard at all. Which is why we do this. As above, what we don't have time to do is to write extensive guides about content creation.
Why "privileged"? Do you think we Content Creators are morons, can not think and reason and hence can not handle these?
No. I think that the features in question have not been released yet, and until they are, we're not going to provide the final documentation for them. We've stated this on a number of occasions, including my post above. Additionally, some of the documentation is indeed ridiculously detailed, to the extent that releasing it in it's current form is probably not going to do anybody any favours. This doesn't apply to all the documents, but there are definitely examples there where this is true, and filtering the wheat from the chaff is going to be necessary.
Chris, have a Happy New Year and may all the differences between you (N3V Games) and us mere mortal Content Creators become one common denominator and we will be able to talk, read and learn from the same page, (figuratively speaking) so this will make us all happy in the New Year :hehe:.
Perhaps by reading some of your above posts you might have started already to celebrate :p. Or perhaps not.
You too, mate. Keep up the good work.
I think the pages could be tagged with something that might make searching easier. That said, I generally don't have a problem finding stuff but I admit that using the right search criteria can be an issue.
From my perspective, I think that getting a stable T:ANE that satisfies most users has to be a priority for N3V. For those that have been following the beta releases, you would have to admit that N3V are trying really hard to reach that goal.
The WiKI, I think, is a community thing. If you have something you would like to add to the WiKI, I am very happy to do so on your behalf. But, my only proviso is that I will try and prove any assertions you might make. Sometimes, that can be difficult. I still have one by Deane that I cannot prove, or disprove, without an incredible amount of work.
TBQH, google search works a lot better than the on-site search. Just tell google that you'd like it to search our wiki and then use it as normal.
I still have one by Deane that I cannot prove, or disprove, without an incredible amount of work.
Which one is that? If it's something that I can answer then I'd be glad to..
I'll have to try and find the relevant e-mails. As I recall, it was an issue with a seasons tag in a track-lod-tree. I had to build a special mountainous route with a seasonal track to prove or disprove the assertion. Leave it with me and hopefully I can find the details.


01 June 1962: OMP starts as a sole proprietorship thanks to the entrepreneurship of Marino Orizio, in a small shed by his home, in the center of Berlingo. In few years, through seriousness, commitment and professionalism, the company gains credit in the national industrial sector.
09 August 1971: The construction of the first part of the workshop is authorized in Via Campagna 2, in Berlingo. Adpted as metalworking shop, over the years it will undergo continuous enlargements (1976, 1988 and 1995) reaching the current covered 3500 m2 in a total area of 12,500 m².
12 October 1977: Membership in Associazione Industriale Bresciana.
23 February 1988: Foundation of Nuova Omp srl which flanks Omp di Orizio Marino.
16 December 1994: Nuova Omp srl begins its relationship with TOS VARNSDORF as, over a hundred years old manufacturer of milling and boring machines from Czech Republic, selling its first WHQ 13.8 C CNC. This is the official beginning of its successful and long-lasting business of industrial agencies and machine tools trading.
01 January 2001: After some years of distribution together with two competitors, Nuova Omp srl gets the sole agency for the distribution of TOS VARNSDORF a.s boring milling machines. in Italy.
22 November 2001: Safeness of the local unit of Via 1 ° Maggio, 1 in Berlingo. A covered area of about 3000 m², which is a new and used machines showroom.
30 September 2003: Omp di Orizio Marino closes down and all its facilities, machines and personnel are transferred to Nuova Omp srl.
01 June 2012: It celabrates 50 years old renewing the thank-you to all its customers and suppliers for their trust and their fruitful cooperation.


Event Delivery, Event Strategy, Education & Training, Organisation Development and Event Services.
Having a healthy and productive workforce is important to Event Cornwall, and we recognise that the key to survival and success is the most important asset, the staff!
Yes, we achieved the silver award in 2011.
Race for life , Team socials, Stress Awareness session , Active Christmas social, Team dog!
Join the Get Active Challenge pedometer challenge –via joining another already existing team if possible.
All team members to identify a healthy workplace initiative to take up and commit to and submit a photo for the Healthy Workplace portfolio.
Continue to include healthy activities within our events programme including the Torch Relay, Zumba Zestival, and Be Active Truro.
Healthy Workplace is a fantastic initiative that gives employees the opportunity to prioritise their well being in a what can be a highly pressured environment."
"The team socials are great for stress relief and developing our relationship as a team but also reminds us that we are a group of unique individuals that work together to make our events happen.


Welcome to week 101 of Haiku Horizons. This prompt for this week is "sleep" . Haiku Horizons will provide a haiku prompt each Sunday. Write a haiku based on the prompt and link to your post by clicking on the image below. For additional details, read the About page. To offer prompt suggestions, click on the "Prompts" tab. Enjoy!
This entry was posted in Haiku Horizons and tagged haiku, Haiku Horizons, prompt, sleep, theme on January 24, 2016 by oneofaclass.
Welcome to week 100 of Haiku Horizons. This prompt for this week is "spend" . Haiku Horizons will provide a haiku prompt each Sunday. Write a haiku based on the prompt and link to your post by clicking on the image below. For additional details, read the About page. To offer prompt suggestions, click on the "Prompts" tab. Enjoy!
This entry was posted in Haiku Horizons and tagged haiku, Haiku Horizons, prompt, spend, theme on January 17, 2016 by oneofaclass.
Welcome to week 99 of Haiku Horizons, as suggested by Neil Fleischmann. We're nearly at 100 weeks of prompts. This prompt for this week is "real" . Haiku Horizons will provide a haiku prompt each Sunday. Write a haiku based on the prompt and link to your post by clicking on the image below. For additional details, read the About page. To offer prompt suggestions, click on the "Prompts" tab. Enjoy!
This entry was posted in Haiku Horizons and tagged haiku, Haiku Horizons, prompt, real, theme on January 10, 2016 by oneofaclass.
Welcome to week 98 of Haiku Horizons. I hope you are enjoying this new year. We're nearly at 100 weeks of prompts. This prompt for this week is "find" . Haiku Horizons will provide a haiku prompt each Sunday. Write a haiku based on the prompt and link to your post by clicking on the image below. For additional details, read the About page. To offer prompt suggestions, click on the "Prompts" tab. Enjoy!
This entry was posted in Haiku Horizons and tagged find, haiku, Haiku Horizons, prompt, theme on January 3, 2016 by oneofaclass.


The United Nations relocated non-critical staff from Juba, South Sudan, to Entebbe, Uganda, on Sunday. Civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from the violent South Sudan city of Bor.
In August, 2009, the South Sudanese politician and former guerrilla fighter Riek Machar invited President Barack Obama's envoy, Scott Gration, over for a few bottles of White Bull Lager on his patio overlooking the Upper Nile River.
Seated under the shade of a Mango tree, Machar confessed to struggling with the challenges of governing under a power-sharing arrangement with the Sudanese leadership in Khartoum, an erstwhile enemy. "He told me that war was easier than politics because in war you knew who was shooting at you," recalled Cameron Hudson, who served as an adviser to Gration and many other U.S. envoys to Sudan.
Earlier this month, Machar, South Sudan's first vice president, returned to what he knows best, leading an armed insurgency being fought by members of his Nuer tribe. In recent days, the fighting has escalated sharply, engulfing several of the country's 10 provinces, and bringing the young nation to the brink of civil war.
The stakes are high for the United States, as fighting threatens to upend one of the most important foreign policy initiatives of the last two decades in sub-Saharan Africa — one that unified Republicans, Democrats, African-Americans, human rights advocates and Christians. On Saturday, four U.S. troops were wounded when their V-22 Osprey came under fire during an aborted operation to evacuate U.S. nationals from the town of Bor. An additional 150 Marines have been sent to the region to prep for possible future evacuations.
It's an extraordinary and painful development, given America's major role in securing independence for South Sudan. But the toughest part for Americans to swallow may be that it's the U.S.-backed leaders of South Sudan — the supposed good guys — who are responsible for plunging the country into chaos and threatening to wreck America's signature achievement in the region.
Forces loyal to the U.S.-backed Machar seized the strategic town of Bor in Jonglei State and the town of Bentiu, capital of the oil-rich Unity State. That prompted a massive government military build-up aimed at retaking the territory. In the past 10 days, as South Sudan's hopes of a peaceful transition came undone, more than 100,000 civilians fled their homes from the violence, 40,000 of them congregated around a series of U.N. peacekeeping camps to seek protection from marauding soldiers and militias. Desperate to halt the march to war, the U.N. Security Council is poised to adopt an American-drafted Security Council resolution condemning both sides for alleged human rights violations and authorizing the deployment of nearly 6,000 additional international peacekeepers and police to reinforce the existing force of more than 7,000 blue helmets in South Sudan.
"There is a palpable fear among civilians of both Dinka and Nuer backgrounds that they will be killed on the basis of their ethnicity," Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said this week, noting that mass graves have been found in Bentiu and in the South Sudanese capital of Juba.
It is not the first time that Machar has rebelled against his southern allies, having challenged South Sudan's late, legendary leader John Garang in 1991. Six years later, Machar signed a peace pact with the Sudanese government in Khartoum that elevated him to vice president, before switching sides again and rejoining his old comrades in arms in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in 2002. This time, Machar is taking up arms against his own president, Salva Kiir, a fellow southerner from the Dinka tribe, who fired Machar along with his entire cabinet in July for insubordination.
In Washington, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who has championed South Sudan's cause in the United States and at the United Nations for more than two decades, warned this weekend that the United States' longstanding support was in jeopardy.
There have been few sightings of Kiir in his good hat in recent days. Critics say he has wielded power with an increasingly authoritarian hand, evicting U.N. human rights monitors, blocking the creation of political parties, jailing journalists, and dissolving his entire political cabinet. Some of his most influential lieutenants have been imprisoned.
Machar has long harbored presidential ambitions, and had hoped to succeed Kiir when his first mandate expired in 2015. Late last year, Machar declared his plan to run for the chairmanship of the Sudanese People Liberation Movement, a position that would put him in line to become president.
But there was intense resistance within Kiir's inner circle, many drawn from the Dinka tribe, to the political ascension of Machar, a man who has been linked by human rights groups to the November 1991 Bor Massacre of at least 2,000 Dinka.
Kiir allegedly cancelled a meeting of South Sudan's governing body that was supposed to determine the rules for participation in the country's new election. Machar responded by issuing a series of critical statements about the government and president Kiir. In response, Kiir stripped Machar in April of additional powers he had been granted, including the role of the government liaison with the United Nations. In July, Kiir fired Machar and his other cabinet members.
"General Kiir is driving our beloved Republic of South Sudan into chaos and disorder," Machar, Sudanese People Liberation Movement secretary general Pagan Amum, and other party leaders said at a Dec. 6 press conference.
It remains unclear who was responsible for triggering the latest round of violence, which began after a Dec. 14 meeting of the National Liberation Council that Kiir held with Machar and several other rivals. Machar was one of many who declined to the attend the second day's meeting, at which Kiir reportedly decided to disarm the presidential guard, which included security forces drawn from a number of South Sudanese tribes, primarily Dinka and Nuer.
Accounts vary as to what happened next.
Kiir claims that he was the target of a coup d'etat, and ordered the arrest of at least 11 opposition leaders, including Pagan Amum. But others sources said that Nuer members of the presidential guard opened fire on their Dinka comrades after they discovered they were attempting to reclaim their weapons.
Some have come to Kiir's defense.


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